Subsidiary Legislation · As enacted
Proclamation and Notice Under Article 52(2)
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No. S 51
THE CONSTITUTION OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
(Proclamation under section 52(2))
HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN AND
YANG DI-PERTUAN
In the name of ALLAH, the Compassionate, the Merciful, PRAISE be to
ALLAH, the Lord of the Universe, and may the benediction and peace of ALLAH be upon Our Leader Muhammad and upon all his Relations and Friends.
BY THE GRACE OF ALLAH, WE, SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH
MU'IZZADDIN WADDAULAH IBNI AL-MARHUM SULTAN HAJI OMAR ‘ALI
SAIFUDDIEN SA‘ADUL KHAIRI WADDIEN, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE
ROYAL FAMILY ORDER OF THE CROWN OF BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN AND
CHIEF OF THE MOST ESTEEMED FAMILY ORDER, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF
OF THE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF ISLAM OF BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN AND
CHIEF OF THE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF
PADUKA LAILA JASA KEBERANIAN GEMILANG, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF
OF THE MOST EXALTED ORDER OF PADUKA KEBERANIAN LAILA
TERBILANG, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST GALLANT ORDER OF
PAHLAWAN NEGARA BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST
BLESSED ORDER OF SETIA NEGARA BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF
OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF PADUKA SERI LAILA JASA,
SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE
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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
CROWN OF BRUNEI, SOVEREIGN AND CHIEF OF THE MOST FAITHFUL
ORDER OF PERWIRA AGONG NEGARA BRUNEI, HONORARY KNIGHT
GRAND CROSS, THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH (UNITED
KINGDOM), HONORARY KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST
DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE
(UNITED KINGDOM), DARJAH UTAMA SERI MAHKOTA NEGARA
(MALAYSIA), COLLAR OF THE SUPREME ORDER OF THE
CHRYSANTHEMUM (JAPAN), THE ORDER OF AL-HUSSEIN BIN ALI
(JORDAN), THE CIVIL ORDER OF OMAN FIRST CLASS (OMAN),
AL-KHALIFIA (BAHRAIN), OUISSAM EL MOHAMMDI GRAND COLLIER
(MOROCCO), THE MOST AUSPICIOUS ORDER OF THE RAJAMITRABHORN
(THAILAND), THE GREAT COLLAR OF BADR (ARAB SAUDI), KNIGHT OF
THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE SERAPHIM (SWEDEN), GRAND ORDER OF
MUGUNGHWA (REPUBLIC OF KOREA), BINTANG REPUBLIK INDONESIA
ADIPURNA (REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA}, COLLAR OF THE NILE (REPUBLIC
OF EGYPT), THE ANCIENT ORDER OF SIKATUNA RANK OF RAJAH
(REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES), THE ORDER OF TEMASEK, FIRST CLASS
(REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE}, NISHAN-E-PAKISTAN (REPUBLIC OF
PAKISTAN}, GRAND CROIX LEGION D'HONNEUR (REPUBLIC OF FRANCE),
GRAND CROSS SPECIAL CLASS OF THE ORDER OF MERIT (REPUBLIC OF
GERMANY), THE ORDER OF PRINCE YAROSLAV THE WISE (FIRST CLASS)
(UKRAINE), MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER (FIRST CLASS)
(KELANTAN), MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL ORDER (FIRST CLASS) (JOHORE),
MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER (FIRST CLASS) (NEGERI
SEMBILAN), MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER OF SRI INDERA
MAHKOTA PAHANG (PAHANG), MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER
(FIRST CLASS) (SELANGOR}, MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER
(FIRST CLASS) (PERLIS), MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER (FIRST
CLASS) (PERAK), MOST. ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER (FIRST CLASS),
(TERENGGANU}, MOST ESTEEMED ROYAL FAMILY ORDER (FIRST CLASS)
(KEDAH), DARJAH UTAMA BINTANG SARAWAK (SARAWAK), SERI
PANGLIMA DARJAH KINABALU (SABAH), FIRST GALLANTRY ORDER OF
THE MALAYSIAN ARMED FORCES (MALAYSIA), THE DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE ORDER (MILITARY) (REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE}, THE
PHILIPPINES LEGION OF HONOUR (DEGREE OF CHIEF COMMANDER)
(REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES), the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of the
Sovereign State and Territory of Brunei Darussalam and all its Dependencies.
Preamble
WHEREAS by subsection (2) of section 52 of the Constitution of Brunei
Darussalam, it is provided that each session of the Legislative Council shall be held at such place and shall commence at such time as His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan may from time to time, by notice published in the Gazette, appoint;
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SEPTEMBER, 2004
NOW THEREFORE, WE in exercise of the powers conferred upon US by the
Constitution of Brunei Darussalam do hereby appoint the 10th. day of Syaaban,
1425, the Hijrah of the Prophet (on Whom be the benediction and peace of
ALLAH) corresponding to the 25th. day of September, 2004 to be the date for the commencement of a session of the Legislative Council to be held at the
International Convention Centre, Bandar Seri Begawan, at 8.30 o'clock on the forenoon.
Done at OUR Istana Nurul Iman, Bandar Seri Begawan this 26th. day of
Rejab, 1425, the Hijriah of the Prophet (on Whom be the benediction and peace of
ALLAH) corresponding to the 11th. day of September, 2004 of the Christian era, being the thirty-seventh year of OUR reign.
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